The Association Between Admission Sources and Outcomes at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objectives In this study, we aimed to examine the association between sources of admission (either intra-hospital transfers or ED admissions) in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) and the discharge rate, mortality rate, and referral over a period of three years. We also sought to identify the independent predictors of discharge and mortality rate in the study population. Patients and methods This was a retrospective cohort study involving the analysis of 2,547 patients' data collected from the Pediatric Intensive Care Registry of a secondary care community hospital.